Appleford villagers protest against current Thames crossing plans oxfordmail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oxfordmail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Plans for a flyover bridge as part of a new road and river crossing linking Didcot with the Culham Science Centre has been labelled “damaging” as four councils object to the current plans. The road and river crossing over the River Thames just outside Abingdon, has been driven by a boom in the science sector and with hopes it will create enough space on the roads for 11,711 new homes on several sites around Didcot. Oxfordshire County Council has drawn up plans as part of a package of major road improvement schemes in the Didcot area. Plans include widening the A4130 from A34 Milton Interchange towards Didcot from single to dual carriageway; a new Science Bridge over the A4130, Great Western Railway Line and Milton Road into the former Didcot A Power Station site; a new Didcot to Culham bridge between the A4130 and A415; and a Clifton Hampden bypass.
Appleford village's anger at flyover for Thames crossing plans heraldseries.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldseries.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A PARISH council wants to see a new railway bridge developed in an ‘environmentally-sensitive and community enhancing way’. Appleford Parish Council wants to see changes to a new road which would link Didcot with the Culham Science Centre – and in particular the councillors do not want the bridge to ruin the village’s peace. Oxfordshire County Council approved plans to build a relief road from Didcot to Clifton Hampden – and a fly-over bridge over private railway sidings at Appleford-on-Thames – in July 2020. In October plans for the sidings tripled in size and Appleford Parish Council is concerned this will mean the bridge will need extensive construction beyond what was originally anticipated. The parish council is also concerned the road will be elevated on an embankment, raising it above the roof level of adjacent houses in Appleford.